PICS: Madonna defends her drunken stage act

New York — Madonna said she would never perform at a concert "high or drunk" in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

The pop star played off the reported rumours that she appeared drunk onstage during her current world tour. She wrote "too bad people don't know the art of acting and playing a character".

She wrote the post in response to a fan who was defending her on Instagram. She thanked the fan for supporting her and called the claims made against her sexist. She wrote: "Sexism is alive and kicking but i am #livingforlove."